On the Road Again!

I know the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is filled with joy, and my mouth shouts his praises! My body rests in safety. (Psalm 16:8-9, NLT)


We recently took a road trip and blogged about it in a previous blogpost. We will finish up our traveling blogpost this week.

Along our journey we were blessed with a personal tour of Romain Electric who happens to be one of our companies suppliers. You may find our company information at www.starterman.com.

Out of everything in the factory, 

Mikea was most impressed with the employee refrigerator!

During our whole trip, it seems Gracie was most impressed with our lodging accommodations!

Mikea decided she wasn't impressed with the clams!

Next up along our route was the Jedediah Smith National Park.

The trees are amazing, huge enough for us to play inside!

Come on in!

We comfortably fit inside one of the trees with plenty room left over 

for twenty or so of our closest friends!

Now THIS is a major tree!

Yes, it's true. And yes, we drove the mini van through this tree!

After playing in the trees, we ate lunch at the Speedy Taco Truck and Mikea enjoyed her first Jarrito!

Part of our fun was enjoying the local food!

We stopped by a roadside stand to buy some fresh strawberries. Mikea asked the owner if she could pick her own because she had never picked fresh strawberries before and she was thrilled when the owner gladly invited her out to his field!

We grabbed a quick shot of these beautiful elk along our way!

And these pretty wildflowers.

 

Last minute, we decided to go to Reno. We were met with a snowstorm at Donner's Pass so Mikea bundled up in the event we got snowed in at the pass! 

Thankfully, we didn't get snowed in at Donner's Pass so the next day we enjoyed building a gecko house at the Children's Discovery Center. We go to every Children's Discovery Centers that we find. A couple of our favorites are the one in Honolulu, Vegas, and Reno. 

The Reno location had many fun exhibits. Our favorite one being, "The Work Shop".

The climbing exhibit came in a very close 2nd!

Next, a little "cowboy" time in Virginia City.

Virginia was a really fun "old town" with old candy stores, "main street" type shops, and cowboy reenactments. Unfortunately, we were two days early to see the cowboys "shoot em up"!

 

Virginia City is full of remnants from the "rush". A very fun place to visit. 

Virginia City also has snow at the end of April so dress warm. 

Insider information: Five layers is not enough layers for this island girl!

Tomorrow we are off to Tahoe!

Lord God, thank You-thank You for this amazing opportunity to travel and see more of Your beautiful creation! Thank You for always being with us! You are always right beside us! It is no wonder our hearts are filled with joy, our mouths shout Your praise, and our bodies rest in safety! I pray for every reader right now, in the name of Jesus, Lord stir up in them Your heart's desire for them. Order their steps in such a way that each and every one of them live the life that Jesus provided for them! I thank You for always being with them filling their hearts with joy and their mouths with Your praise! May each and every one of us always be fully aware of your goodness, mercy and love!